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Susen,
It is so good to hear that your father will test. The instructions for
joining the project are below.
Churchill Y-DNA Project Joining Information:
Only DNA from the Y-chromosome will be tested and as such, only
Churchill males are eligible.
If you want to learn more about Y-chromosomes and genealogy, the testing
laboratory has an illustrated tutorial at
www.dnaheritage.com/tutorial1.asp, which has been written for
non-scientists. The details of the Project can also be found at
www.dnaheritage.com/surnameform.asp?GroupUnique=129363364
The above link has the form to join the project.
The testing laboratory provides a small sampling kit for each
participant. This contains three surgical swabs, which are rubbed on the
inside of the cheek and then placed in an envelope for return. This is
quick, easy and totally pain-free and enables the DNA to be safely
transported back to the laboratory via the postal service. Each
participant receives their own customer code and each sample kit is
coded so that, by logging onto the secure web-page set up for each
Surname Project, participants can check the progress of their sample.
DNA Heritage will test on 43 Y-chromosome STR markers as standard since
low-resolution tests (i.e. tests that use 10-12 markers) are not
suitable for the time resolution we require. The DNA markers tested are
only in the junk region of DNA and do not contain medical information.
The test will not identify you as an individual as you will likely share
the same results with many other Churchills.
The cost of the test is $189 or £89.
Only when the samples are received will the testing laboratory invoice
for the test. The results should be ready within 3 and a half weeks.
William Churchill - Surname Project Co-Administrator
churchil(a)koyote.com
7101 Jack Finney Blvd
Greenville, Texas 75402
United States
Phone: 903 455 2221
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DNA Heritage uses a laboratory with ISO17025 and AABB accreditation. The
laboratory only uses fully-validated testing protocols and marker
ladders and has a proven track record in testing thousands of
Y-chromosomes. All markers have been published and deemed suitable for
population studies and are reported in line with NIST nomenclature. Full
marker calibration and duplicate testing ensure consistently accurate
results
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Subject: Re: [CHURCHILL] CHURCHILL Y-DNA GENESIS PROJECT Report
hello
my churchills came from moreton in the marsh gloucestershire, my dad is
willing to be tested, where and how do we go about this
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PROJECT REPORT - END OF YEAR STATUS
CHURCHILL Y-DNA GENESIS PROJECT
We have now tested 22 Individuals in the following family groups.
American:
Connecticut 3
Manhattan 4
Plymouth 6
Virginia - 2
England:
Devon, Harpford Churchills - 2
Dorset, Dorchester Colliton Churchills 2
Dorset, Wareham Churchills 1
London, Battersea Churchills - 1
Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire Churchills 1
SUMMARY RESULTS:
The American Connecticut, Manhattan and Plymouth Churchills are all
related. Our DNA results suggest they had a common ancestor who
probably lived in the 15th or 16th century. With reference to the
genealogy of the First Sir Winston Churchill, our Haplotypes point to
the time period of the first Sir Winstons Thomas Churchill of
Rockbeare, Devon. He was born (variously) bet 1465 and about 1495.
They could be descendants of either this Thomas who married Grace Tylle
or a forebear. Our limited English test results, with only two
individuals having Haplotypes similar to the American Haplotypes, one
present day Wareham Churchill and one present day Colliton Churchill, do
not allow us to speculate further than this on possible relationships
and lines of descent.
It was previously known from genealogical records that the immigrant
William of Virginia was of the ancient family of Oxfordshire Churchills.
The Virginia picture has recently been complicated by the discovery of
additional Churchills in colonial Virginia. The best documented,
Samuel Churchill, had children who are believed to be the ancestors of
present-day Churchills. One of these American Churchills tested, as
did an Oxfordshire Churchill, and the results showed that the American
Churchill is descended from the Oxfordshire Churchills. The family of
William of Virginia is well documented, and although none of his
descendants have tested, it is assumed that testing would also confirm
their descent from the Oxfordshire Churchills.
The 17th Century line of English Harpford Churchills is related to 17th
Century Churchills of Battersea London.
One of the two English Churchills whose Haplotype is similar to that of
the northern families of American Churchills (Connecticut, Plymouth and
Manhattan) is a Colliton Churchill. The other English Churchill with a
similar Haplotype is the Wareham Churchill. From their paper ancestry
the Colliton Churchills descend from Thomas Churchill of Rockbeare,
Dorset as apparently do the Wareham Churchills.
However, the two men have different values for marker DYS 449 which also
varies among the American families. The Colliton value is 26 and the
Wareham value is 27. The American Connecticut value is definitely 27,
the American Manhattan value is definitely 26, but among the American
Plymouth Churchills values of both 26 and 27 are found.
It will be necessary to determine the original value of DYS 449 both for
Thomas of Rockbeare and for the Plymouth Churchills. Thus, we need
additional Colliton and Plymouth Churchills to test. Lines can be
traced only through mutated values. An American line with a mutated
value will fall in the same line of descent as an English family with
the same mutated value.
CONCLUSIONS
We need Churchills to test from English families other than those which
are descendants of Thomas of Rockbeare. If they have similar
Haplotypes, showing they descend from forebears of Thomas of Rockbeare,
their value for DYS 449 and the two other markers in question will in
all probability be the value that Thomas of Rockbeare received from the
common ancestor.
We need additional American Plymouth Churchills to test to determine the
original value of DYS 449 in the Plymouth Haplotype.
We need present-day descendants of 17th century and before Devon
Churchills to test (whether or not they know their exact line of descent
to the present) to determine their values for marker DYS 449 and another
marker in which a mutation is known to have occurred.
We need additional Colliton Churchills or other descendants of 17th
Century Dorset Churchills to test to determine what values exist in
other lines for DYS 449 and GATA C4 in particular.
We need additional Wareham Churchills to test to identify whether there
are DYS 449 and GATA C4 value variations for the Wareham family.
It would be desirable to test a descendant of William of the American
Virginia Churchills in order to confirm the connection to the
Oxfordshire Churchills. In addition, testing of descendants of Samuel
of Virginia might provide additional information on relationships and
lines of descent among the Virginia Churchills.
Bill & Malcolm Churchill
Co-Administrators
Churchill, Y-DNA Genesis Project